Club Sponsors - HQ RACING VICTORIA 2012

Round 1 – Winton cont..
Race 1 saw a first corner incident between John Wood and Stephen Whyte which
unfortunately caused Stephen to be turned around losing many positions. Steve was able
to re-join, working his way back through some of the crowd. Chris Collins also had a poor
start due to his gear selector jamming in 1 st . At the end of the 6 lap curtain raiser to the
weekend, John Wood took out the win from Carl McHenry and Ken Wright following in 3 rd
position.
Race 2 was the longest event for the weekend being a 10 lap journey. It was a close
battle at the front of the field, you could have thrown a blanket over the top 4 cars. Ken
Wright managed to snare the lead on lap 3 and went on to take the victory, the first for
Kenda Tires. Carl McHenry followed closely in 2 nd with John Wood finishing 3 rd . There
was close racing right throughout the field, even the tussle for positions at the tail end
were hotly contested.
Race 3, The Dallas Crane Challenge and 8 lap sprint was by far the closest race of the
weekend at the front. Ken Wright & Carl McHenry led the pack away, running side by side
from the start line right through until turn 3 with no contact being made. Unfortunately,
Carl’s rear brakes were too attracted to the drums and locked themselves on forcing Carl
into an infield spin. Ken Wright led up until the 7 th lap where John & Scott Wood along
with Stephen Whyte managed their way past in the space of two corners. However,
heading into turn 10 the 3 of them found themselves locked together nose to tail with all
cars running wide and off the edge of the circuit. This handed the lead back to Ken. In the
end it was Ken Wright with his second win of the weekend, Scott Wood second and John
Wood third.
Round winners
The Dallas Crane Challenge – Ken Wright
Division 1 – 1 st Place – Ken Wright Division 2 – 1 st Place – Tony
Moloney
Division 1 – 2 nd Place – Scott Wood Division 2 – 2 nd
Place – Jason Bell
Division 1 – 3 rd Place – Stephen Whyte Division 2 – 3 rd
Place – Rod Vervoort
Trophy presentations for our club round 1 award were held at the conclusion of the event.
The club competitors who enjoyed the spoils of their success, and received their hardearned
trophies, were glowing with their praise and support of the sponsors and club.
Well done to all he competitors. To those who were not able to attend, please get your car
out and enter at round 2 at Phillip Island. We encourage all the club competitors to enter,
compete and enjoy yourselves. See you at round 2.
Ken Wright